Some further resources on security and risk management for civilian agencies operating in hazardous environments:
- Aid Workers Network
- Offers a comprehensive set of reference pages on security tools, techniques, manuals and training.
- Armadillo Group
- Firm supplying specialist security advice and training to the humanitarian and private sector.
- Atlantic Intelligence/BD Consultants
- Risk and analysis firm that also offers security consultants.
- Centre for Safety and Development
- The CSD aims to create safe working-conditions for workers sent abroad by means of training-sessions, advice and expertise, and thus helping others bring about a better and safer world.
- Church World Service- Security Program
- Providing Non-Governmental Organizations, missionaries and humanitarian aid workers, with area specific security and drivers training and professional services and consultation to improve safety in insecure environments, thereby enabling delivery of the best possible relief and development programs.
- The Green Book
- This document has been produced in consultation with editors and press and broadcasting organisations as a general guide to the procedures that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) will adopt in working with the media throughout the full spectrum of military operations. It covers the practical arrangements for enabling correspondents to report on operations, including the MOD's plans for representative numbers of correspondents to accompany British Forces and sets out what editors can expect from the MOD and what the MOD seeks from the media.
- Groundtruth-Consulting
- GroundTruth is a training and consulting firm helping organisations achieve sustainable, world-class capability by combining our expertise with the development of your people. We are specialists in human performance, risk management and the interaction of the two.
- HPCR
- The Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research launched the Security Management Initiative in 2005, with the aims of advancing the development of policy and information tools on risk and security management of international aid agencies in conflict areas.
- ICRC- Staying Alive
- A respected- and recently revised- manual on field security.
- InterAction Security
- A 2001 initiative on security of national staff members.
- Landmark Learning
- Offers the Relief Medic course designed for people who are interested in emergency care where advanced hospital equipment and supplies are absent and where disease and traumatic injuries are specific to third world conditions.
- NGO Security
- A Blog about safety and security incidents and issues that impact humanitarian organizations. Their resource pages are well done, take a look at their collection of NGO and Security Manuals. There is also a clever series of YouTube clips (‘Do-it-yourself internet training’) that can be used to animate security training sessions.
- Partronus Analytical
- Patronus Analytical is a blog dedicated to pursuing a thoughtful, analytical approach to security in support of humanitarian and development efforts in high-risk environments and complex emergencies. Patronus Analytical focuses on providing unbiased security information, objective analysis, and situational awareness to enable humanitarian agencies to make educated, proactive decisions about their security.
- A self-help resource for journalists working in conflict zones, allowing them to assess their psychological well-being.
- The WolfGroup Consultants
- The WolfGroup is a Geneva-based consulting group that offers a range of services to NGO, IO, Corporate and government clients. They specialize in connecting expertise from humanitarian, development, academic, defence, security, and the public and private sectors to create integrated innovative approaches. They have a particular expertise in developing and delivering sophisticated simulation training to senior operational audiences.
